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ArticlePlant molecular biology2015

The pearl millet mitogen-activated protein kinase PgMPK4 is involved in responses to downy mildew infection and in jasmonic- and salicylic acid-mediated defense.

Prasad Melvin, S Ashok Prabhu, Mariswamy Veena, Sekhar Shailasree, Morten Petersen, John Mundy, Shekar H Shetty, K Ramachandra Kini

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Article in Plant molecular biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Prasad MelvinDepartment of Studies in Biotechnology, Manasagangotri, University of Mysore, Mysore, 570 006, Karnataka, India.
S Ashok Prabhu
Mariswamy Veena
Sekhar Shailasree
Morten Petersen
John Mundy
Shekar H Shetty
K Ramachandra Kini
University of Mysore · INUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

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Abstract

Plant mitogen-activated protein kinases (MPKs) transduce signals required for the induction of immunity triggered by host recognition of pathogen-associated molecular patterns. We isolated a full-length cDNA of a group B MPK (PgMPK4) from pearl millet. Autophosphorylation assay of recombinant PgMPK4 produced in Escherichia coli confirmed it as a kinase. Differential accumulation of PgMPK4 mRNA and kinase activity was observed between pearl millet cultivars 852B and IP18292 in response to inoculation with the downy mildew oomycete pathogen Sclerospora graminicola. This increased accumulation of PgMPK4 mRNA, kinase activity as well as nuclear-localization of PgMPK protein(s) was only detected in the S. graminicola resistant cultivar IP18292 with a ~tenfold peak at 9 h post inoculation. In the susceptible cultivar 852B, PgMPK4 mRNA and immuno-detectable nuclear PgMPK could be induced by application of the chemical elicitor β-amino butyric acid, the non-pathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas fluorescens, or by the phytohormones jasmonic acid (JA) or salicylic acid (SA). Furthermore, kinase inhibitor treatments indicated that PgMPK4 is involved in the JA- and SA-mediated expression of three defense genes, lipoxygenase, catalase 3 and polygalacturonase-inhibitor protein. These findings indicate that PgMPK/s contribute to pearl millet defense against the downy mildew pathogen by activating the expression of defense proteins.

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Amino Acid SequenceBase SequenceCloning, MolecularCyclopentanesDisease ResistanceDNA, PlantGenes, PlantMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMolecular Sequence DataOomycetesOxylipinsPennisetumPhylogenyPlant DiseasesPlant ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsCyclopentanesDNA, Plantjasmonic acidMitogen-Activated Protein KinasesOxylipinsPlant ProteinsRecombinant ProteinsRNA, MessengerRNA, PlantSalicylic Acid

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